Police receive UN medal at special ceremony in Cyprus

Elizabeth Spehar (R, front), UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), presents the UN medal to a Chinese police officer at an awarding ceremony in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Oct. 18, 2019. Officers serving with the United Nations police contingent in Cyprus have been recognized for their dedicated service at a special ceremony on Friday. At a presentation in Nicosia, 21 members of the force received their UN Medal, which is awarded by the United Nations Secretary-General "In the Service of Peace." (Xinhua/Zhang Baoping)